Grandpa tell me bout the good ol' Days
Clyde Leon Kershaw
Sept 27, 1926 - Oct 8, 2004
The best grandpa any girl could ever ask for..
Last Friday night my Grandpa passed away.. I didnt know what to think.. i didnt want to believe cuz i thought he would always be there.. I couldnt sleep at all.. with out hearing my grandpas voice in my head sayin "I love you babe" Friday night we got all packed and saturday morning drove straight through up to Indiana.. I cried the whole way up there.. i would have my moments when i just think about him and just started cryin.. When we got to my grandmas house i gave her the biggest hug and didnt want to let her go.. and started cryin in her arms.. My cousin Renee stayed there friday - tuesday night.. Me and my cousins Renee and Vicki made a huge collage with pictures of my grandpa and the family with him.. and made a family tree starting with my grandpa and grandma to my mother, aunt and uncle.. then the grandchildren.. it kept us busy but while we were making it i wasnt ready for the viewing.. because thats when it would hit me hard.. and i wasnt ready for the reality of knowning that my grandpa was really gone.. At the viewing when i touched his hand i cried soo hard because his hands were so cold.. and whenever i held my grandpa hands they were always warm.. Tuesday we had the actual funeral.. and me and my cousins and their friends were gonna sing Hero and One sweet day by Mariah Carey.. but we just couldnt.. we knew we werent gonna be able to make it through the whole song.. so they just played it for us.. at certain parts of the funeral.. we did go up and sing Grandpa tell me bout the good ol' days by the Judds.. it was soo hard.. i was shaking the whole time.. but i knew he would liked it alot.. everyone was really proud of us going up there and singing.. Tuesday Night we headed to Indianapolis cuz my grandpa wanted to be buried with the rest of his family.. Wed, and Thurs. Me and my cousins try to make the best of it and laughed and joke.. my family has to laugh and joke.. and remember the good times.. thats the kind of family we are.. and it really made me feel better.. Thursday night me and my cousins bought a dozen roses and tied ribbon on the roses and put my grandmas name, the kids.. my mom, aunt and uncle. and the other 8 were the grandchildren and great grandchildren.. and Friday was the burial.. i was cryin cuz this was the closure of my grandpas passing away but i was cryin mostly cuz my grandma.. it was soo hard on her.. we each were able to take the shovel and put dirt in the whole, to close it up and then we put our roses on top of it.. and put the IU car flag that we got him (Indiana University Hooisers) and the flowers and an angel.. but i wanna say that I love my grandpa sooo much.. and im gonna miss him soo much and if it wasnt for my cousins i probably wouldnt of been able to go through all this.. we were all there for each other.. and i love them all..
"Did lovers really fall in love to stay?
Stand beside each other come what may?
Were promises really something people kept?
Not just something they would say and then forget.
Did families really bowed their heads to pray?
Did daddies really never go away?
Whoa oh Grandpa tell me bout the good ol' days"
I love my grandpa and i know he is shining down on us from heaven.. hes our guardian angel.. and will always be watching over us.. and on my graduation day hell be there right next to me smiling..
I love you grandpa
Sept 27, 1926 - Oct 8, 2004
The best grandpa any girl could ever ask for..
Last Friday night my Grandpa passed away.. I didnt know what to think.. i didnt want to believe cuz i thought he would always be there.. I couldnt sleep at all.. with out hearing my grandpas voice in my head sayin "I love you babe" Friday night we got all packed and saturday morning drove straight through up to Indiana.. I cried the whole way up there.. i would have my moments when i just think about him and just started cryin.. When we got to my grandmas house i gave her the biggest hug and didnt want to let her go.. and started cryin in her arms.. My cousin Renee stayed there friday - tuesday night.. Me and my cousins Renee and Vicki made a huge collage with pictures of my grandpa and the family with him.. and made a family tree starting with my grandpa and grandma to my mother, aunt and uncle.. then the grandchildren.. it kept us busy but while we were making it i wasnt ready for the viewing.. because thats when it would hit me hard.. and i wasnt ready for the reality of knowning that my grandpa was really gone.. At the viewing when i touched his hand i cried soo hard because his hands were so cold.. and whenever i held my grandpa hands they were always warm.. Tuesday we had the actual funeral.. and me and my cousins and their friends were gonna sing Hero and One sweet day by Mariah Carey.. but we just couldnt.. we knew we werent gonna be able to make it through the whole song.. so they just played it for us.. at certain parts of the funeral.. we did go up and sing Grandpa tell me bout the good ol' days by the Judds.. it was soo hard.. i was shaking the whole time.. but i knew he would liked it alot.. everyone was really proud of us going up there and singing.. Tuesday Night we headed to Indianapolis cuz my grandpa wanted to be buried with the rest of his family.. Wed, and Thurs. Me and my cousins try to make the best of it and laughed and joke.. my family has to laugh and joke.. and remember the good times.. thats the kind of family we are.. and it really made me feel better.. Thursday night me and my cousins bought a dozen roses and tied ribbon on the roses and put my grandmas name, the kids.. my mom, aunt and uncle. and the other 8 were the grandchildren and great grandchildren.. and Friday was the burial.. i was cryin cuz this was the closure of my grandpas passing away but i was cryin mostly cuz my grandma.. it was soo hard on her.. we each were able to take the shovel and put dirt in the whole, to close it up and then we put our roses on top of it.. and put the IU car flag that we got him (Indiana University Hooisers) and the flowers and an angel.. but i wanna say that I love my grandpa sooo much.. and im gonna miss him soo much and if it wasnt for my cousins i probably wouldnt of been able to go through all this.. we were all there for each other.. and i love them all..
"Did lovers really fall in love to stay?
Stand beside each other come what may?
Were promises really something people kept?
Not just something they would say and then forget.
Did families really bowed their heads to pray?
Did daddies really never go away?
Whoa oh Grandpa tell me bout the good ol' days"
I love my grandpa and i know he is shining down on us from heaven.. hes our guardian angel.. and will always be watching over us.. and on my graduation day hell be there right next to me smiling..
I love you grandpa